Enabling the ODBC Driver

Enabling the ODBC driver in the standalone edition of Network Monitor allows you to run SQL queries against the Network Monitor data.

Prerequisites

• KNM v5 build 9727.
• KNM must be installed and hosted on a 64 bit Windows machine.
• Make sure "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86)" and/or "Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x64)" is installed on the KNM host machine.

Installation

On the Network Monitor Server Machine

1. Install the latest version of KNM, but at least build 9727.
2. Open cmd.exe in administrators mode.
3. Change directory to the knm root directory.
4. Change directory to the dsii_driver directory under the knm root directory.
5. Install the KNM ODBC driver with the following command:
   dsii_driver.exe -Install
6. Open the service control manager and make sure the "KNM5DSIIService" is started and set to "automatic" startup.
7. Create or identify the API Key associated with any Network Monitor user. This field is located on the > Users and user groups > Create a new user > Basic properties tab.

   Note: Enter the API Key as the username used to authenticate with, when making an ODBC connection to the Network Monitor server. The authentication password can be any string.

   On the Local Machine

8. Using the knmsetup.exe installer, install the ODBC driver on the machine you which to use the ODBC driver.
9. When installing, enter the KNM host machine IP number in the KNM host field and keep the port number to the default port 12345.

   

10. When the installation is done you should be able to do queries of the following tables.
    CHANNEL_DEFINITION
DEVICE_DEFINITION
GROUP_DEFINITION
MONITOR_DEFINITION
STATUS_DEFINITION
UNIT_DEFINITION
VTYPE_DEFINITION
TOPLIST
TOPLISTDATA

    

Example: Querying Network Monitor Using Excel 2010

1. Display a blank worksheet in Excel 2010.
2. Select the Data > From Other Sources > From Data Connection Wizard option.
3. Select the ODBC DSN option.
4. Select the ODBC Data Source for Network Monitor. By default this name is KNM50DBCClientDSII.
5. Select the following data source properties.
   • Use data source name - KNM50DBCClientDSII
   • User name – Enter the API key for any user in your Network Monitor server. An API key is created or identified using the > Users and user groups > Create a new user > Basic properties tab.
   • Password – Enter any string.

   

6. Select the Network Monitor table you want to create a data connection with.
7. Save the data connection file. This enables you to reuse the data connection later.
8. Select how you want to view the data in your workbook, and the starting cell.
9. Review the Network Monitor now displayed in the spreadsheet.
10. From now on, you can click Refresh (Alt+F5) to update the Network Monitor data displayed in the spreadsheet.